Obama Care

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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

I guess the NY Times, Washington Post, USA Today, BBC, and Canadian Med Assoc are putting out "fear mongering crap" too.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/he...cy/27care.html

Shortage of surgeons pinches U.S. hospitals - USATODAY.com

Primary-Care Doctor Shortage May Undermine Health Reform Efforts - washingtonpost.com

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Hospitals 'face doctor shortage'

Junior doctor shortage causes cancelled operations | Mail Online

Canada's doctor shortage to worsen without changes: Fraser report

CMA - Asks

We're already beginning to experience a doctor shortage in the U.S. because of cost of schooling, spiraling malpractice insurance(because Congress won't pass caps on malpractice awards), and government rules/regs/payment limits for primary care docs. But I'm sure my point is completely wrong and everything will work out fine....just trust Premier Obama and the Politburo.

Riiiight but the fear mongering is the focus on how if we change from our current system, the sky will fall, there will be no doctors, blah blah blah. Or how if we don't change our system, the bills will be out of control, etc. The point is that there ARE plenty of issues with the current system that need corrected, and there are ways to correct them both via modification of our current sys and via conversion to a new methodology. Everyone is too concerned with bombast to be proactive. There's no reason the gov shouldn't look at all of these issues and work on creating a system from the ground up whereby most of them are eliminated (socialist or not, that's right I went there ). But too many people are getting paid with the status quo, so there's a lot of static out there. Why not revise/subsidize med school? Why not reduce/eliminate malpractice litigation? These things have already been proposed ad nauseam but the truth is that this is a HUGE industry with HUGE lobbying power and they are going to fight any/all reform every step of the way.